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WHO warns premature lifting of restrictions could 'lead to a deadly resurgence'
Health-care workers face wrenching decisions on how to care for COVID-19 patients
Doctors and other health-care professionals are grappling with the difficult job of caring for patients who won’t survive, tough decisions about who will get a ventilator when equipment runs short and whether they’d want one themselves in the event they become severely ill from novel coronavirus.
Radio -White Coat - Black Art |
Government documents reveal a slow start to Canada's COVID-19 response
Briefing notes prepared by bureaucrats for federal ministers show just how quickly the COVID-19 situation evolved in Canada — with public health officials stating the risk of transmission in Canada was low right up until early March, only to recommend an ordered shutdown of economic life in this country some two weeks later.
John Paul Tasker
Politics ||
CBC Investigates
Thefts in hospitals lead to lockup of masks, protective gear amid COVID-19 supply shortage
Dave Seglins
Canada ||
3 people linked to Winnipeg's National Microbiology Laboratory infected with coronavirus
Karen Pauls
Canada -Manitoba |
Why isn't Canada testing everyone for coronavirus?
Kelly Crowe
Health |
People who need addiction services feel 'abandoned' during pandemic
Camille Bains
Canada -British Columbia ||
Testing at Ontario's COVID-19 assessment centres slows to a trickle
Mike Crawley
Canada -Toronto ||
Canadians with disabilities left with few alternatives amid COVID-19 shutdowns
Tashauna Reid
Health ||
CBC Investigates
Prison staff say lack of COVID-19 preparations leave them feeling 'disposable'
Elizabeth McMillan
Canada -Nova Scotia |
Number of COVID-19 cases reported in Indigenous communities more than doubles
Jessica Deer
Indigenous |
Families face 'difficult decisions' about sending elderly COVID-19 patients to hospital
Canada -Toronto ||
'I could barely get out of bed': Vancouver woman diagnosed with COVID-19 without test
Canada -British Columbia |
'Eerily quiet': How California's early action against COVID-19 delayed the surge at hospitals
Kim Brunhuber
World |
Why are so few Albertans in hospital with COVID-19? Here are some possible explanations
Robson Fletcher
Canada -Calgary ||
How long does the virus stay in your beard? Your COVID-19 questions answered
Ania Bessonov
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Doug Ford blasts 'unacceptable' level of COVID-19 testing as Ontario cases top 5,000
Canada -Toronto ||
Doctors investigate rare COVID-19 symptoms to move from anecdotes to science
Health ||
Analysis
What national COVID-19 modelling can tell us — and what it can't
Éric Grenier
Politics ||
Ontario's long-term care workers still working at multiple facilities as B.C. clamps down
Katie Pedersen
Health |
'You're not breaking your children': Experts say more screen time right now is OK
Health |
Analysis
Pandemic equipment snarls will rewrite Canada's definition of national security needs, say experts
Murray Brewster
Politics ||
Analysis
Why B.C. is flattening the COVID-19 curve while numbers in central Canada surge
Justin McElroy
Canada -British Columbia ||
Video
How a simple plastic box could protect health-care workers across Canada from COVID-19
Lauren Pelley
Canada -Toronto ||
Mushrooms, oregano oil and masks targeted in crackdown on misleading COVID-19 ads
Rachel Ward
Canada -Calgary ||
COVID-19 could kill between 1,200 and 9,000 by end of month, Quebec public health officials warn
Jonathan Montpetit
Canada -Montreal ||
The mural and the message: How a community advocate and a graffiti artist are spreading facts on the DTES
Karin Larsen
Canada -British Columbia ||
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